Win: John Lade (6-1) Loss: Paul Meyer (1-5)
Save: German Balian (7)
Inning: 1 Detroit John Lade pitching. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Main grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Harry Long walks. Steve Brown pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Paul Meyer pitching. Rafa Garcia lines out to the pitcher. Ted Roberson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mauricio Avila Perez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Jim Blowers flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Lance Qualters singles to left field. Lance Qualters is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Raffensberger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Boze Smith walks. Tim DiSarcina flies out to the center fielder. Jack Samuel singles to center field. Hideo Yamasaki triples. Boze Smith scores. Jack Samuel scores. Yoshiharu Nagakawa flies out to the left fielder. John Lade strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Ken Gladd flies out to the center fielder. Paul Meyer flies out to the right fielder. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Rafa Garcia singles to left field. Ted Roberson strikes out. Mauricio Avila Perez flies out to the center fielder. Rafa Garcia is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bob Main grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Long strikes out. Steve Brown lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Boze Smith singles to left field. Tim DiSarcina flies out to the center fielder. Jack Samuel lines out to the pitcher. Hideo Yamasaki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Jim Blowers singles to center field. Lance Qualters grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bill Raffensberger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Yoshiharu Nagakawa doubles to left field. John Lade lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rafa Garcia singles to left field. Yoshiharu Nagakawa scores. Rafa Garcia is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ted Roberson singles to left field. Mauricio Avila Perez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Ken Gladd flies out to the center fielder. Paul Meyer grounds out to the shortstop. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Boze Smith strikes out. Tim DiSarcina grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Samuel singles to right field. Hideo Yamasaki singles to center field. Roland Short comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshiharu Nagakawa walks. John Lade grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Bob Main singles to right field. Harry Long walks. Steve Brown grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Main is out at third base. Jim Blowers grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Rafa Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Ted Roberson flies out to the left fielder. Mauricio Avila Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Lance Qualters grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Raffensberger pops out to the third baseman. Ken Gladd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Boze Smith pops out to the second baseman. Tim DiSarcina grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Samuel grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Masao Santo is pinch hitting for Roland Short. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Masao Santo doubles to right field. Tatsuya Mimura strikes out. Bob Main grounds out to the second baseman. Masao Santo advances to third on the play. Harry Long singles past the second baseman. Masao Santo scores. German Balian comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Steve Brown walks. Jim Blowers singles to left field. Harry Long scores. Steve Brown advances to third on the hit. Lance Qualters strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 4 Oakland total runners left on base: 6
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill White did not respond to coaching in control Bryan Onis improves in velocity Tom Hoffman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Julian Chambliss did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Julian Chambliss did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Eddy Johan did not respond to coaching in control John Brockington did not respond to coaching in velocity Eddy Johan did not respond to coaching in velocity John Brockington improves in control